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The suspect // Source: NYDailyNews.com

Police are on the hunt for a man suspected of a stabbing over a parking spot in Brighton Beach last week.

The 48-year-old victim, Vladimir Reyfman, was sitting in his pickup truck on the corner of Brighton 11th Street and Brighton Beach Avenue when the suspect came to his window. Reyfman was asked to pull up so that the other driver could fit his car into a spot, but Reyfman explained that there was a truck ahead of him that was unloading, and he didn’t want to get too close to it.

The suspect then disappeared into a nearby bodega, but when he came out he went straight to his car, got a knife, and plunged it twice into Reyfman’s chest. The victim was taken to Lutheran Hospital and will survive the attack.

“If he was any thinner, the punctures would have killed him,” a source told the Daily News. “There was a lot of blood in the car.”

The suspect is described as 40 years old, about 5-feet-11 and around 250 pounds. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).

This really has very little to do with neighborhood news, but sometimes these things irk me. And I have a soapbox. So I’ll abuse it.

On Monday, we told you about Lance Stephenson, the former Lincoln High School basketball star and Indiana Pacers rookie that tossed his girlfriend down some stairs. At the end of the article, we had to ask, “Do you think the New York Post would’ve repeatedly referred to Jasmine Williams as Stephenson’s ‘baby mama’ if he were not black?” Well, our question fell on deaf ears, as they published at least four more reports using the arguably racist term.

Now we’ve got more eyebrow-raising reporting, as the fawning sportswriters over at the Daily News forget just who it is that’s the victim. They questioned Sebastian Telfair, another Lincoln H.S. basketball alum, about advice for Stephenson to overcome the apparent hurdles of his abusive, shithead nature.

Telfair says the Indiana Pacers rookie can bounce back as long as he owns up to his actions.

“He has to understand that it’s a mistake he made, and the quicker he gets over it, the better off he’ll be in life,” Telfair told the Daily News Wednesday evening at the Most Precious Blood community center in Gravesend, Brooklyn, where he treated nearly 150 kids and coaches from his 3T Family basketball tournament to trophies, food and refreshments. “Sometimes we go through things, we make mistakes and we dwell on it for too long. I hope he knows (Sunday’s incident) doesn’t make who he is as a person. He’s going to show his character as a good person, which I know he is. He’ll be all right.”

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“It’s an unfortunate situation, but this isn’t the first obstacle he’s had to jump over,” Telfair said. “I’m sure he’ll get through it and come out strong. He has a lot of talent and with the opportunity, he’ll be able to do great things for himself.”

Wouldn’t “Stop beating your girlfriend” be better advice? This isn’t just one mistake Stephenson made. It’s just the one he got caught on. Family friends said Williams has been the victim of his temper before.

Daily News’ reporting almost left me feeling bad – sympathetic even – for this douchebag. How will he ever bounce back from this cosmic tragedy baring down on his life and career? How?!

Oh, then I remembered this maggot is the one that caused his own problems, and he physically hurt someone else in doing it. And he still gets to walk away with his $1.5 million contract.

Boo. F’ing. Hoo.

Source: NYPost.com

From the NY Post:

Former HS hoops star busted for allegedly pushing baby mama down stairs

Former city high-school hoops phenom Lance Stephenson — who just went pro in the NBA — was busted yesterday for pushing his baby mama down the stairs of her Brooklyn home, cops said.

The 6-foot-5, 210-pound Stephenson — who holds the state record for scoring and who led Lincoln HS in Brooklyn to four city championships — was charged with felony assault, weapons possession and other raps after the 5:05 a.m. violence on the stairwell of gal pal Jasmine Williams’ Gravesend home, authorities said.

Williams, 21, with whom Stephenson has a child, told cops that he pushed her down 10 steps and she struck her head.

Keep reading for the rest of the story, and see what question I raise about the reporting.

How much is $315 worth to you?

For Alexandr Aliev, a 60-year-old Brighton Beach landlady, it was worth going to jail for.

According to the New York Post, Aliev was arrested for shoving a 21-year old renter down a flight of stairs at an apartment building on Brighton Beach Avenue near Brighton 4th Street on June 28. Aliev was enraged when the renter asked for a few more weeks to pay the $315 she owed.

Tragic as the incident may have been, it did prove one time-honored mobster tactic. After suffering a broken leg, the renter came up with the money.

You hear me, bill-skipping advertisers? You hear me?!

[via Gothamist]

From News 12:

Police: 7-year-old allegedly sexually assaulted

(06/29/10) SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Emergency officials say they responded to reports of a seven-year-old girl sexually assaulted inside a Sheepshead Bay park this evening.

A family friend tells News 12 Brooklyn that kids ranging from ages four to eight wanted to go to the park. At that time, a 17-year-old from the building she knew offered to take the kids for her.

The victim told the family friend that when she needed to use the bathroom, the 17-year-old boy sexually assaulted her.

EMS took the girl by ambulance to Kings County Hospital. The police are talking with her and the investigation is ongoing.

One of the thugs being arrested

A friendly outing to Manhattan Beach turned violent this afternoon, after a brawl left six people bloodied and one man in the hospital.

Just minutes after 3 p.m. a group of four visitors enjoying a beachside barbecue were attacked by two men. The two men, who appeared to be in their thirties, began shouting at a group of two men and two women who appeared to be in their fifties. The younger men were upset because smoke from the group’s barbecue bothered them. The park was nearly empty.

According to witnesses, one of the younger thugs slugged one of the older men. As fists were thrown, both women were shoved to the ground and at least one was being kicked and stomped on, said witnesses.

Then one of the assailants grabbed a metal skewer and began slashing at the men. One of the victims had scratches on his face, and the other was “stabbed in the head,” according to a police officer who arrived later. The victim was taken to a hospital to receive stitches. The witness said the victim had a gash at least five inches long across his face.

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An unfortunate pit bull attack left a 3-year-old’s face mangled after the dog became agitated during a family dispute on Saturday. The boy, Elliot Korenblyum, whose family lives on 86th Street near Avenue W in Gravesend, was in serious but stable condition at Lutheran Medical Center after the attack on Saturday. The dog’s teeth tore into the boy’s face, causing him to undergo two hours of reconstructive surgery at the hospital. “I was coming in from church, and I heard the lady yelling for help,” one neighbor told the NY Post. “The [flesh] was hanging in three big pieces . . . The baby looked terrible.” The dog, described by the neighbor as a “good dog,” is at Brooklyn’s Animal Care and Control facility, being observed for rabies. The dog, named Gucci, could be put down or returned to the family.

From New York Post:

Two deadbeats were busted for slashing another customer while trying to skip out on a bill at a Sheepshead Bay diner, cops said yesterday.

Steven Madden, 31, and Damien Bass, 27, were dining at El Greco at Emmons Avenue and East 19th Street at 5:10 a.m. Monday when the manager noticed they were drinking beer from their personal stash, sources said.

The manager told the patrons to pay their food bill and leave, but Bass grabbed the check, threw it on the ground and spat on it, cops said.

When a customer tried to intervene, Bass allegedly slashed him on the face.

Police soon arrested the suspects on various charges, said a spokesman for DA Charles Hynes.

From Brooklyn Paper:

A 59-year-old Sheepshead Bay woman was clinging to life this week after she was hit by a city bus.

Officials said that the woman was crossing the corner of Avenue Z near Haring Street at 7 a.m. March 15 when the off duty bus hit her.

She was rushed to Lutheran Medical Center, where doctors listed her in critical condition.

No charges had been filed as this paper went to press.

If anyone has information about the perpetrator of this, please call the police. We’ve heard the attack was on Avenue U. Though we all sometimes have problems with our neighbors and their dogs (and their poop), this type of reaction is plainly sociopathic. Help get him off of our streets!

From the Daily News:

A Brooklyn man was doused with acid because his dog barked at someone on the street, police said Thursday.

Igor Dubrovinsky, 29, was at Staten Island University Hospital with burns to his neck, hands and face the Wednesday confrontation. His injuries were not life-threatening, police said.

Dubrovinsky was walking the dog around the corner from his Sheepshead Bay home when he passed a man wearing all black.

“The dog starting barking at him,” said a source. “I guess the guy got upset.”

He flung the acid at Dubrovinsky and fled. The dog was not harmed, police said.

No one has been arrested.

An 83-year-old Sheepshead Bay resident beat up a 99-year-old Fort Hamilton man on Monday, leading to charges of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon.

Gersh Gofman left Steve Pulwers, who is nearly blind, with broken ribs and a broken nose after hitting him in the face with a steering wheel club. Pulwers managed to anger Gofman by asking him to move his car, which was blocking his building’s driveway.

According to Yournabe.com, “Pulwers, a survivor of Stalin’s forced labor camps, told reporters that the most shocking thing he remembered about the attack was the thought that he was being attacked by another Jew.”